Publication:
SIGMIS-CPR '10: Proceedings of the 2010 Special Interest Group on Management Information System's 48th Annual Conference on Computer Personnel Research;pp. 1-7
Publication type:
Conference item
Abstract:
Students interested in information systems and information technology careers can see a clear career path – from programmer to chief information officer (CIO). However, those interested in computer science or software engineering are attracted to the technology and seem not to consider what happens at later stages of their careers. This paper draws on a three year study where senior software practitioners across a variety of roles were
interviewed about their work. The findings show profound difficulties in making the transition from hands on technical work to a role where they achieve through guiding the efforts of others.
Downey, Jack; Power, Norah(Association for Computing Machinery, 2007)
While the specific knowledge, skills and abilities needed to
develop software can be determined, it is much more difficult to
decide what skill set is required for any given software
development role. This paper suggests ...
This paper reports on two studies into the skills required to develop software. In the first, senior software practitioners in four companies, across seven roles were interviewed. However, the architect role proved difficult ...
Downey, Jack(Association for Computing Machinery, 2006)
The aim of this paper is to define the role of the ‘systems
architect’ in the Irish telecommunications software sector and to
compare it with Misic’s definition of a ‘systems analyst’ in the
information systems arena. ...
This paper proposes an exploratory study to
determine why some computer science or software engineering graduates abandon their careers in software to pursue radically different paths. While these people may be experiencing ...
